Mental Health Research

KEY FINDING: Individuals with SCI demonstrated deficits in information processing speed compared to age-matched healthy controls, as measured by the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT).

KEY FINDING: 19% of SCD participants reported experiencing sexual abuse.

KEY FINDING: Time since injury, state anger, and sex had significantly different relationships with perceived injustice compared to depression symptoms.

KEY FINDING: Participants with the highest physical activity levels had significantly lower scores on depression (PHQ-9) and anxiety (GAD-7) questionnaires compared to those with the lowest activity levels.

KEY FINDING: PPD and PPA were most prevalent in women with cervical SCI, followed by upper thoracic SCI, and then lower SCI.

KEY FINDING: The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) demonstrated the highest sensitivity (100%) and specificity (84%) compared to other screening tools, indicating its accuracy in identifying individuals with and without depression.

KEY FINDING: The selected structure indicator is the proportion of staff with appropriate education and training in EWB and access to experts and resources.

KEY FINDING: Resilience has significant reciprocal relationships with anxiety, depression and social role satisfaction, but not physical function.

KEY FINDING: Four of the six psychological factors studied were predictive of all-cause mortality, indicating their significant influence on overall survival after SCI.

KEY FINDING: Individuals with paraplegia showed significantly lower performance on new learning and memory tests compared to healthy controls.